Timothy Mosley, 45, who was sentenced in 2004 to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting his girlfriend;s 12-year-old daughter, previously had bail set at $500,000 following the appellate court ruling throwing out his conviction.

Judge John Waters reduced Mosley's bail to $50,000 this morning.

The appeals court ruled that Mosley was denied a fair trial in 2004. According to that ruling, a judge's decision to admit DNA evidence during Mosley's trial in 2004, then later throw it out after it had been presented to the jury, potentially tainted the jury's verdict, and should have resulted in a mistrial.

The evidence in question was a stained blanket on which prosecutors believed the sexual assault occurred in July 2002.

The blanket was discarded as evidence when the victim of the sexual assault could not identify it as the blanket on her mother's bed when she was allegedly assaulted by the defendant.